02494nam a2200253 a 450000100080000000500110000800800410001902000220006002200140008202400410009610000160013724501490015326001950030250002390049752013440073665300250208065300400210565300130214565300200215870000160217870000160219470000150221070000150222510623412021-08-09       2020    bl uuuu     u01u1 u    #d  a978-1-7281-3320-1  a0271-43107 a10.1109/ISCAS45731.2020.91812912DOI1 aDELEÓN, R.  aLidar based, tree row volume estimation for phytosanitary products reduction in fruit trees orchards. [Conference paper].h[electronic resource]  aProceedings 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems (ISCAS), October 2020, volume 2020, Article number 91812915. Doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ISCAS45731.2020.9181291c2020  aArticle history: Published in: 2nd IEEE International Symposium on Circuits and Systems, ISCAS 2020, Virtual, Online, 10 October 2020 - 21 October 2020, 169903.  Date of Conference, 12-14 Oct 2020. Conference Location: Seville, Spain.  aABSTRACT - Many fruit orchards in Uruguay are small-scale producers, where a single sprayer is configured once a year and used for all the applications of the phytosanitary products. To conduct a successful application for ideal results, the broth concentration (the phytosanitary product is diluted in water) should be determined depending on the volume of vegetation of the fruit trees. In small orchards, this calibration is only done once per year, and is determined for the most voluminous trees in the orchard. This results in excessive doses of pesticides sprayed to all the other trees, that have lower vegetative volume. This excessive application not only has an increase in the cost of the fruits, but and can also pose potential risks for the environment and/or consumers. An adaptable system which can be used with common sprayer already employed in the orchards, capable of determining the Tree Row Volume (TRV) in real time and reducing the amount of product would be a solution to reduce phytosanitary application at a reduced cost. LIDAR (Light Detection and Ranging) technology can be used to measure length in the farm environment and has had a huge reduction in cost in the last few years, mainly for its use in autonomous cars. A prototype system was designed and its currently being tested in the field.  © 2021 IEEE  aDistance measurement  aLIDAR (light detection and ranging)  aOrchards  aTree row volume1 aVICENTE, G.1 aZOPPOLO, R.1 aARNAUD, A.1 aMIGUEZ, M.